do you pick up trash or do you leave it behind

[lou423]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

to protect our hobby, better pick up all your trash...only at the beach i live the trash behind...under the sand...

 

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[frogsmile]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

I pick up all of the trash that i dig and all the trash left behind by everybody else. I don't want to dig the same thing twice and I feel like I am cleaning up the environment and making the beaches a little bit safer for my grandbabies. I have noticed that i find more stuff like coins and jewelry when i clean up all of the litter. Maybe that is my reward for picking up everything.

 

[Jeffro]

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If it's too big for my trash apron, it goes in the garbage can when I'm in parks. If there's no can, it goes back in the ground.

 

[Klaatu]

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I pack out any trash I find. I like leaving the place cleaner than I found it.

 

[Leon]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

I take out all the trash I dig up...
I wouldn't want to go back to a site and dig the same targets over again...
Also, if you get all the trash out of there that others have left behind you just might find a goodie, or two, that was being mask by it...

 

[ramjet2187]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

I pack out EVERYTHING. I knew I should have taken a photo of the back of my pickup the other day. I dump my hunting bag in it when I get done. The entire bed of my truck was covered with trash. More pull tabs that I cared to count, Hot Wheels cars of every model, shredded aluminum beer and soda cans, etc, etc. I also had (and kept) the tip to a plow share, an old iron axe head, the hoop to a barrel, a toy derringer, a WWI soldier (made of some sort of metal, but I can't say what), a fired Minie, and about $1.00 worth of clad (no kidding). That, along with several pounds of square nails, and bits of rusted barbed wire. You should see the gas mileage I'm getting now.

Anybody interested in the Axe head, barrel hoop, or WWI soldier, give me a holler. No charge.

Roger

 

[stoney56]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

If I get a signal, then up it comes and and off it goes, with th exception of a quart panel or two. I figure in a few years that my spine's gonna have a permanent curve to the left from leanin' that way to keep my balance. LOL

 

[willie d]

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I pick up all trash until my cargo pocket is full.

 

[Monty]

Re: do you pick up your trash or do you leave it behind

I carry trash in and leave it all over the place, kinda' my signature! Just kidding folks, honest! I carry out most of what I dig but sometimes I will absent mindedly toss a pull tab as far as I can throw it! What I pack out more than anything is discarded McDonald's bags, cups and ugh....stale nasty french fries with ketchup on them! Take note of what the slobs leave behind, a great deal of it will say McDonald's on it! If they ever closed I think I would leave it on their front steps! Monty

 

[rvbvetter]

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I was going to say that I never pick up my trash and discard it. I only pick up other peoples trash and discard theirs. But If possession is nine tenths of the law. Then when I dig up their trash, it then becomes my trash. So yes, I always pick up all of my trash and discard it. HH

 

[stefen]

I'm of the opinion that leaving trash in your wake will frustrate the people following...you, of course, should take GPS readings so you know where you left off.

 

[Montana Jim]

Bump!

I needed one that says "picks up MOST trash"

 

[pennyfarmer]

I personally find the detectorists that leave junk laying on top of the ground not only frustrating but burdensome slobs that are hell bent on single handedly destroying the hobby I love.

That's all I have to say about that.

 

[Ammo Dog]

I always pick up my trash

 

[N.J.THer]

I take all the trash I dig up as long as it can fit in my pouch. I also pick up any surface trash that I walk past: plastic, glass, paper or metal. If the item is junk and very large I usually will not dig it up completely and just cover it up. If I dig it up and it is too big for my pouch but not too big to carry out I will lean it against a tree and pick it up as I'm leaving the area. I do forget to pick them up sometimes but that is usually rare.

I never understood the whole dig it up the leave it in the hole and cover it again thing. If you are one of those people that dig it up and leave it on the surface and move on then you should not be detecting. This really ticks me off since not only are you lazy but you are now creating an danger by leaving rusty/jagged metal on the surface for someone to get hurt with.

NJ

 

[txkickergirl]

I pick up my trash except if its big and it doesn't fit in my pouch and there's not a trash can in sight. This usually only happens out in the woods, when its a mile back to my car.

 

[treasuredog]

I pick up all my trash. I dont want to find it again!

 

[Eu_citzen]

I pick up everything.. My carpenters belt has plenty of room.

 

[Codes]

Always pick it up.

 

[seger98]

I pick up mine & I guess being a metal detecorits?? I pick up others trash as well